W

Alternative forms

• UU, Uu, VV, Vv (obsolete)

Etymology

From a modification of the Latin letter V (“ve”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.

Its use as a symbol for tungsten is based on German Wolfram.

Letter

W (lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Symbol

W

1. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for tungsten.
2. (metrology) Symbol for watt.
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tryptophan.
4. (physics) work
5. (historical) Wedgwood scale of temperature
6. (Voice Quality Symbols) whisper

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Uppercase and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur

See also

Character=W

Other representations of W:

Pronunciation

Name of letter

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/, sometimes reduced to /ˈdʌbjə/.
• (US, abbreviation, rare, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌb/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌbəlju, -ʌbjə, -ʌb

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

Letter

W

1. The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /vɪə/

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

W (plural W's, diminutive W'tjie)

1. W

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ube bikoi̯t͡s̻/, [u.β̞e̞ β̞i.ko̞i̯t͡s̻]

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called uve bikoitz and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbe ˈðob.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈve ˈðob.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈve ˈðo.ble]

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ve doble and written in the Latin script.

Etymology

• /ʋ/ is from West Germanic stem-initial *w.
• For the origin of /v/, see V.

Pronunciation

• /ʋ/, (chiefly Moselle Franconian also) /v/, (coda) [f]

Letter

W

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔbəlveː/, [ˈd̥ʌb̥əlˌveːˀ]

Letter

W (lowercase w)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

W (capital, lowercase w)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet

Adverb

W

1. Abbreviation of west; west

See also

• Previous letter: V
• Next letter: X

Noun

W

1. Abbreviation of uesto (“west”).

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and W for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /veː/

  • Audio:

    (file)

  • Homophone: weh
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/, [v], [ʋ]
  • /v/ is almost invariably [ʋ] in schw-, zw- (and qu-). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency [v] is more northern, [ʋ] more southern.

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the German alphabet.

Noun

W

1. Abbreviation of West (“west”)

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈv]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈduplɒveː]

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

W (lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (letter name):
  • like vu doppia, doppia vu or (traditional) like doppio vu
    • Rhymes: -oppja, -u
  • (in English contexts) IPA^(key): /ˈda.blju/, /ˈda.bol ˈju/
    • Rhymes: -ablju, -u
  • (for brevity in common acronyms) like vu
    • Rhymes: -u
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /v/, /w/ (varies depending on the source language of the loanword)

Letter

W f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case w)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian

Symbol

W

1. viva, evviva (“up with”)

   Antonym: M (“down with”)

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• W in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Noun

W(ダブル) • (daburu) 

1. Alternative spelling of ダブル (“double”)

See also

• ダブリュー (daburyū)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog W. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English W.

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /dobolˈju/ [do.bʊlˈju]
  • Rhymes: -u
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /w/ [w]

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called dobolyu and written in the Latin script.

References

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

W (lower case w)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called wej and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṕ ṕ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [dabliu], [dabəliu], [dabəlju], [dablju]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [w]

Letter

W

1. The twenty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

W (lower case w)

1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

W (upper case W, lower case w)

1. the 23th letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvu/

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called wu and written in the Latin script.

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. A letter used to represent the voiced labial-velar approximant (/w/) in the International Standard orthography.

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “w”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 16

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/, /w/, /u/

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called dublu ve or dublu vî and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

W

1. The thirty-third letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

W (capital, lowercase w)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/, /u̯/, /ʉ̯/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /wæʉ̯/

Letter

W upper case (lower case w)

1. The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, called waw and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (phoneme) /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˌube ˈdoble/ [ˌu.β̞e ˈð̞o.β̞le]
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈdoble ˌbe/ [ˈd̪o.β̞le ˌβ̞e]

  • Audio (Spain):

    (file)

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet

   Synonyms: (Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico) doble u, (Latin America) doble ve, (Spain) uve doble, (Peru) ve doble

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z